Sunday Morning Reading on Covid-19

Apparently everyone in the US is now talking about the threat of the coronavirus, which really should be referred to as Covid-19 since there are hundreds of different types of

March 1, 2020 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Venture Deals Online Course – Spring 2020 Registration Is Open

We are running the Venture Deals Online Course again. Registration is now open and it runs from March 8, 2020 – May 1, 2020. It’s produced by Techstars and Kauffman Fellows. We’ve

February 18, 2020 · 1 min · Brad Feld

The Challenge of Being an Excellent Board Member

When I started blogging in 2004, there weren’t many VC bloggers. I followed Fred Wilson and David Hornik’s lead and just started writing what was on my mind about, well,

February 13, 2020 · 2 min · Brad Feld

You All Instead of You Guys

While reading Kim Scott’s book Radical Candor: Fully Revised & Updated Edition: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity, I came across an anecdote from a discussion she had

February 12, 2020 · 2 min · Brad Feld

The Coronavirus Impact on Hardware Startups

For the past week, I’ve been asked at least once a day (yesterday I was asked several times, with an R0 of 3) about what I think the coronavirus’ impact

February 6, 2020 · 2 min · Brad Feld

New Podcast – Funding Frequency

I do a lot of random podcasts and especially like to be an early guest on new ones to help get them started. 001 – Brad Feld The first five

February 5, 2020 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Book: Yes, You Can Do This! How Women Start Up, Scale Up, and Build The Life They Want

Claudia Reuter, now the Techstars GM Americas East (and previously the Techstars MD for the Stanley+Techstars Additive Manufacturing Accelerator), has a new book coming out called Yes, You Can Do

February 4, 2020 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Book: Walking: One Step at a Time

Erling Kagge’s book Walking: One Step at a Time was delightful. On Friday night I had dinner with John Underkoffler. John and I lived together at college and have been

February 3, 2020 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Learning Spanish and Liking Horses

We create narratives about ourselves that become deeply entrenched in our minds and ways of being. Many of them are useless and counterproductive. One of mine is that I am

January 31, 2020 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Massachusetts Global Entrepreneur In Residence Five Year Results

I continue to be a strong supporter of legal immigration to the United States. A fundamental belief of mine is that entrepreneurs should be able to start their companies anywhere

January 30, 2020 · 2 min · Brad Feld